Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

GRASSROOTS ENTERPRISE FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION AND POVERTY RELIEF-GESIPR

Rehabilitation of offenders and ex-offendersSkills Training Social Enterprise workSupport Black and Minority Ethnic Groups through training, information sharing, signposting, referrals.Support and work with refugee and asylum seekers Support disadvantaged youth groupsDistribution of surplus foodProvide Housing support for the street homeless and other vulnerable groupsFundraising
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
04/12/23£66£73£-7n/a
04/12/22£187£186£1n/a
04/12/21£81£72£8n/a
04/12/20£50£27£22n/a
01/12/19?£20£17£3n/a
09/09/18*£0£0£0n/a
09/09/17*£0£0£0n/a
09/09/16*£0£0£0n/a
09/09/15£0£0£0n/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

https://grassrootsenterprise.org

marynelson1302@yahoo.com

01134144785

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
People's Health Trust£34,599
Leeds Community Foundation£22,500
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC)£15,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,319
Two Ridings Community Foundation£5,000
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - GESIPR Foodbank Project
£1,000 06/02/2024
4
To provide continued support through food bank, charity shop, and drop in sessions to vulnerable communities.
Leeds Community Foundation - GESIPR Harehills Community Hub Project
£20,000 14/03/2023
Grant to Grassroots Enterprise for Social Inclusion and Poverty Relief
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) - Open Philanthropy Fund A
£15,000 14/02/2023
Unrestricted funding to tackle financial hardship
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Grassroots Enterprise for Social Inclusion and Poverty Relief
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Grassroots Enterprise for Social Inclusion and Poverty Relief
£50,000 20/10/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Grassroots Enterprise for Social Inclusion and Poverty Relief
National Lottery Community Fund - The COVID-19 Support Gateway Project
£9,319 29/07/2021
The funding will be used to provide an IT suite for prison leavers and ex-offenders from the BAME community. The project aims to improve access to IT and internet based facilities for people to improve their skills find employment and seek ....more
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Grant to Grassroots enterprise for social inclusion and poverty relief- GESIPR
£5,000 13/07/2021
Funding for trustee, staff and volunteer development and utilities to increase the organisations capacity, which supports people living in poverty in Leeds.
Leeds Community Foundation - One Stop Shop Project for BAME Female Teenage Ex-offenders
£2,500 08/01/2021
Grant to Grassroots Enterprise for Social Inclusion and Poverty Relief
People's Health Trust - BAME Women's Awareness and Well-Being Project
£34,599 21/09/2020
This two-year project provides weekly support for unemployed migrant women from black and minority ethnic backgrounds who live in the Beeston and Harehills neighbourhoods of Leeds who want to talk about their sexual and mental health needs but find ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ADEOLU ATANDA Appointed: 2024
  • AKIMBOBOLA AKINMADE Appointed: 2019
  • MARY NELSON (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • MASSAH KOMEH BOMAH Appointed: 2024
  • OJINIKA EMENIKE Appointed: 2019
  • ZAINABU MUKWANGA Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/04/2014, number: 1156503
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR18: 111 days late, AR17: 154 days late, AR16: 362 days late,
Main office

75A Vesper Road
LEEDS
LS5 3QT

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THE UK AND AFRICA BY WORKING WITH ORGANISATIONS ESTABLISHED TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY AND PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. 2. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UK AND AFRICA BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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